Thursday, 17 August 2017

What is the HM Forces Railcard?

The HM Forces Railcard costs £19 and it'll save you 1/3 on most rail fares throughout Great Britain for a whole year. That works out to under £2 a month for huge savings. You're eligible if you're a member of the Regular Forces or Volunteer Reserves or a spouse/civil partner of a member, for more details see HERE

Wednesday, 16 August 2017

Tuesday, 15 August 2017

We want to make the moving experience as simple and stress-free as possible for everyone living in Service family accommodation. Our Walkaway Scheme is designed to allow you to simply walk away from your Service family accommodation, with the reassurance that it meets move-out standards.

Does your family know who to contact in the Military if you are faced with an emergency at home? Download the new Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC) app ‘MOD ICE’ to guide you through the most common types of family emergency and how JCCC can help. Two new JCCC briefing films are also available to watch, download and follow key messages. JCCC FILMS

The 2017 Families Continuous Attitude Survey (FAMCAS) provides the opportunity for Army spouses/civil partners to express their views about a range of issues that affect their life as a Service family. The evidence provided by these views is a vital source of information that assists the Army in developing future personnel policy.

Whether you're a parent whose child is about to start at school, or a childcare professional, supporting a family to take this next big step, 'pacey' (Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years)has got information, support and reassurance to share.

Why redirect your mail?

All fraudsters need to piece together your ID is a few pieces of mail sent to an old address. The Redirection service is the simple and convenient way to ensure your mail moves home with you, and it’s also an easy way for you to be protected too.

Action Fraud recommends redirecting your mail for at least a year, to significantly reduce the risk of identity fraud.

How it works

Redirection forwards all the mail sent to your old place to your new home

It can cost as little as £5.25 a month* to redirect your mail

You can redirect your mail for 3, 6 or 12 months

Already moved? No problem. Tell us now to make sure your mail follows you to your new address

The MOD's Enhanced Learning Credits Scheme (ELC) promotes lifelong learning amongst members of the Armed Forces. The scheme provides financial support in the form of a single up-front payment in each of a maximum of three separate financial years. You are reminded that ELC funding is only available for pursuit of higher level learning i.e. for courses that result in a nationally recognised qualification at Level three or above on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) (England, Northern Ireland and Wales), a Level six or above on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) or, if pursued overseas, an approved international equivalent qualification with an approved learning provider.

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is giving away the ultimate ticket bundle to one lucky person. Enjoy a whole year of fun with our ticket bundle competition. They are offering you:

2 x premium Sunday tickets for Victorious Festival

2 x adult tickets for the Subaquatic Steampunk Weekend

2 x All Attraction tickets for Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

2 x adult tickets for the Festival of Christmas

A bundle of joyPortsmouth Historic Dockyard partnered with Victorious Festival to giveaway the ultimate ticket bundle. All you need to do is complete the competition form to be in with a chance of winning. They will reveal the winner on Facebook and Twitter on 18 August.

The JSHAO is the MOD’s tri-service focal point to provide service personnel and their dependants with civilian housing information for those wishing to move to civilian accommodation at any time in their career, and for those during resettlement to assist with the transition to civilian life.

What is the Future Accommodation Model

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is looking at how it can improve the accommodation offer for service personnel, to make it fairer, more affordable and flexible, whilst still remaining affordable for the MOD. The Future Accommodation Model (FAM) is still under development and no decisions have yet been taken. Further information will be released in late 2017 once decisions have been made.

Why might accommodation change?

The Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) committed the MOD to make a new accommodation offer, to help more personnel live in private accommodation and meet their aspirations for home ownership. On top of this, the current accommodation model is unsustainable, and we are looking at how to improve it in 3 different areas.Read further HERE

Come and have fun making paper craft activities. Every Wednesday from 26 July to 30 August. Drop in between 9.30am and 12noon. Parents and carers to stay. For more information please contact the library.

Visitors in 2017

Army Welfare Service delivering information through

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